Students who begin a Bachelor of Arts program in September 2024 or later must take a set of breadth credits from multiple “Ways of Knowing” categories.
Courses from the Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies (AMNE) are categorized as follows:
- Language as Meaning: ARBC_V, GREK_V, HEBR_V, LATN_V
- Humanities and Creative Arts: AMNE_V
- Place and Power: AMNE_V 384
Since your major will automatically fulfill one of these categories (e.g. the Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies major automatically fulfills the “Humanities and Creative Arts” category), you are required to take 21 credits from additional categories, to be distributed accordingly:
- 9 credits (in one course code) from a 2nd breadth area
- 6 credits (in one course code) from a 3rd breadth area
- 3 credits (in one course code) from a 4th breadth area
- 3 credits for Place and Power (which may also fall in one of the above or your major)
AMNE + Breadth Requirements Guide
Below is a breakdown of each breadth requirement category and our department’s corresponding courses.
We recommend using the ‘Ways of Knowing’ Course Planning Tool with this list to help you plan.
Place and Power
AMNE_V 384: Reading the Bible on Indigenous Lands
Humanities and Creative Arts
All AMNE coded courses fulfil the Humanities and Creative Arts Breadth requirement. Most AMNE courses do not have prerequisites; exceptions are noted in the following list. If you are interested in taking one of these courses but have not completed the prerequisite course, please contact the AMNE Undergraduate Advisor for further guidance.
AMNE_V 300 (3) Uses and Abuses of Antiquity [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 316 (3) The Athenians and their Empire [one of AMNE_V 215, CLST_V 231]
AMNE_V 317 (3) Alexander the Great and his Empire [one of AMNE_V 215, CLST_V 231]
AMNE_V 318 (3) The Roman Republic [one of AMNE_V 216, CLST_V 232]
AMNE_V 319 (3) The Early Roman Empire [one of AMNE_V 216, CLST_V 232]
AMNE_V 345 (3) Greek Epic [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 346 (3) Latin Epic [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 347 (3) Classical Comedy [second-year standing or higher]
AMNE_V 348 (3) Classical Tragedy [second-year standing or higher]
Language as Meaning
All ARBC_V, GREK_V, HEBR_V, and LATN_V courses fulfill the Language as Meaning Breadth Requirement. See here for more information on our department’s language course offerings.
Additional resources
The “Ways of Knowing” breadth requirements are only applicable to new students beginning their degree in September 2024. Continuing students are not affected by this change and will keep navigating their degrees according to their original breadth requirements.